Oh, Bob. You bring up the infamous Claremontian subtext and go for one panel of Jean in her corset and not Storm and Yukio [http://northstarfan.tumblr.com/post/77055432009/storm-and-yukio-uncanny-x-men-172-first]? That's the "friendship" that pretty much encapsulates "It's only subtext if it's subtle." It was so not subtle that other writers even got in on the act. So not subtle that in a fandom poll asking who the best man for Storm was, Yukio won by write-in vote. I am so, so disappointed in you, sir.